[
  {
    "word": "spoil",
    "phonetic": "/sp\u0254\u026al/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/sp\u0254\u026al/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/spoil-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1762776",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "gangue",
          "slag",
          "tailings"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "coddle",
          "indulge",
          "mollycoddle",
          "pamper",
          "damage",
          "destroy",
          "ruin"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spoil"
    ]
  }
]